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Massive banks under the vegetation.

The hole is blocked.

From the northwest.

Seen across Porthbeer Cove from Chynhalls Cliff to the SSW.

Circle stones. Looking towards Nine Maidens Downs.

Inner rampart with its cleared ditch on the right.

Section of cleared outer rampart on the south side of the fort.

Really impressive stone walls have been revealed in the outer rampart by the clearance of vegetation.

Cleared outer rampart on the western side of the fort.

Clearance work has revealed more of the outer rampart around the north-western arc from the gate.

Looking south. Botrea barrow cemetery is on the skyline, left of centre,

Holed stone 5.

Central barrow cist.

The flanks of the SW barrow are gradually being reclaimed by the gorse.

Early summer on top of Cotley Hill.

‘Tenshun! No digging, no tanks, no lorries. That means YOU, you ‘orrible little man.

The summit round barrow has a modern marker cairn of chalky flint. There are fine views towards Scratchbury and out across the Imber Range (right).

The summit round barrow. The OS map shows a further barrow midway between the NW pair and this one, but there’s nothing to see on the ground.

The pair of barrows to the NW of the summit. Looking towards distant Cley Hill and Cop Heap.

On top of the SE of the pair, with the NW barrow to the right of centre. Cop Heap (far left) and Scratchbury (left of centre) on the skyline.

The SE of the pair of barrows to the northwest of the summit.

The NW of the pair of round barrows to the northwest of the summit. The OS shows a third barrow here, but there’s nothing particularly obvious on site. This is a fine barrow though.

Two fine round barrows to the NW of the summit, on the route from Scratchbury.

Zoom on the long barrow from Scratchbury.

The long barrow (centre, immediately above the yellow field) seen from Scratchbury hillfort to the west.

Northeastern rampart.

Southeastern rampart with entrance top right.

Southwestern ramparts.

Low round barrow near the highest point of the hill, inside the fort.

Very impressive round barrow inside the rampart at the southwest of the fort.

Western ramparts, with Middle Hill over on the left.

Western ramparts.

Looking across the ramparts towards nearby sites: Cley Hill hillfort (far left skyline), Cop Heap round barrow (prominent hill left of centre), Battlesbury (right of centre), Middle Hill round barrow (topped with trees, far right).

Scratchbury from the northwest, on the slopes of Middle Hill.

From the southeast.

From the northeast.

Towards an overcast Scratchbury.